Bible Verses About Meekness

but we urge you, brothers, to confront those who are lazy, your aim being to help them change, to encourage the timid, to assist the weak, and to be patient with everyone.

See that no one repays evil for evil; on the contrary, always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone.

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and the perseverance which the Messiah gives.

A congregation leader must be above reproach, he must be faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable and able to teach.

He must not drink excessively or get into fights; rather, he must be kind and gentle. He must not be a lover of money.

But you, as a man of God, flee from these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

Fight the good fight of the faith, take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you testified so well to your faith before many witnesses.

and a slave of the Lord shouldn’t fight. On the contrary, he should be kind to everyone, a good teacher, and not resentful when mistreated.

Also he should be gentle as he corrects his opponents. For God may perhaps grant them the opportunity to turn from their sins, acquire full knowledge of the truth,

Tell the older men to be serious, sensible, self-controlled and sound in their trust, love and perseverance.

Tell slaves to submit to their masters in everything, to give satisfaction without talking back

Remind people to submit to the government and its officials, to obey them, to be ready to do any honorable kind of work,

to slander no one, to avoid quarrelling, to be friendly, and to behave gently towards everyone.

For you need to hold out; so that, by having done what God wills, you may receive what he has promised.

Keep pursuing shalom with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

But let perseverance do its complete work; so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing.

Therefore, my dear brothers, let every person be quick to listen but slow to speak, slow to get angry;

So rid yourselves of all vulgarity and obvious evil, and receive meekly the Word implanted in you that can save your lives.

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him demonstrate it by his good way of life, by actions done in the humility that grows out of wisdom.

But the wisdom from above is, first of all, pure, then peaceful, kind, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

And peacemakers who sow seed in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

Household servants, submit yourselves to your masters, showing them full respect — and not only those who are kind and considerate, but also those who are harsh.

For it is a grace when someone, because he is mindful of God, bears up under the pain of undeserved punishment.

For what credit is there in bearing up under a beating you deserve for doing something wrong? But if you bear up under punishment, even though you have done what is right, God looks on it with favor.

Indeed, this is what you were called to; because the Messiah too suffered, on your behalf, leaving an example so that you should follow in his steps.